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this week senate majority leader harry reid stripped feinstein's gun ban from the bill for strategic reasons, so that the senate will take it up next month. the pared down legislation focuses on school safety and gun trafficking. at new york's city hall mayor michael bloomberg who heads mayors against illegal guns implored congress for an amendment to the stripped down legislation. >> the only question is whether congress will have the courage to do the right thingor whether they will allow more innocent people, including innocent children, to be gunned down. >> the mayor was flanked by vice president joe biden who reminded the audience that congress has passed a been on assault weapons in 1994 and could do so again. the vice president also turned to a mother of one of the schoolteachers killed in the newtown, connecticut massacre. >> you know, it's time for the political establishment to show the courage your daughter showed. it must be awful being in public office and concluding that even though you might believe you should take action, that you can't take action because of a polit
this week senate majority leader harry reid stripped feinstein's gun ban from the bill for strategic reasons, so that the senate will take it up next month. the pared down legislation focuses on school safety and gun trafficking. at new york's city hall mayor michael bloomberg who heads mayors against illegal guns implored congress for an amendment to the stripped down legislation. >> the only question is whether congress will have the courage to do the right thingor whether they will...
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. >>> and there you have harry reid. i have sto tell you, don, i spoke to somebody very familiar with negotiation and this person said do not kbpt substantive tonight. this is actually very problem sm for tomorrow morning. we'm starlt to see some movement on those markets, i'm sure. >> it sounds like we can all just pack it up and go home. mark is saying no deal. what's the president doing today? who's he been talking to? >> he's been talking to nancy pelosi. and the reason why that was important, the president called a member of his own party. it says that the president reiter rated his position. that he will ak september nothing less than a clean, continuing rez lugsz and a clean debt ceiling inl crease. glp that's basically the president's same position the sbierl time. he has the you wanter hand and he can praelly push the republicans to ak september his poibt of view on this. we're just going to have to see what they come up with >>> there's not that much time licht. all republicans blocked it. john, you know, we're
. >>> and there you have harry reid. i have sto tell you, don, i spoke to somebody very familiar with negotiation and this person said do not kbpt substantive tonight. this is actually very problem sm for tomorrow morning. we'm starlt to see some movement on those markets, i'm sure. >> it sounds like we can all just pack it up and go home. mark is saying no deal. what's the president doing today? who's he been talking to? >> he's been talking to nancy pelosi. and the reason...
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the president's in charge and harry reid in charge of the senate. you'd thought we're in charge of everything, apparently. we're not. the president needs to show leadership. the house already sent forth proposals, sitting on harry reid's desk, he's done absolutely nothing to bring this to a head. he'll put a bill up with a great title, went be what we want and force you do it, and, by the way, blame the republicans when it doesn't happen, and then they get to it after, obviously, the march 1 #st deadline. lou: military pay will not be affected by sequester. there's the prospect of possible rolling furloughs, one day a week, several effects that civilian employees, a great number of them in the rlling fiduciary row situation, if it does, in fact, occur. the idea of a sequester turns out to have been -- it seems to me, a monumental misjudgment on the part of both parties and the president, and i can't believe we are sitting here march 1st, and neither the republican or the leadership says this is a stupid idea, and the only people with the power to co
the president's in charge and harry reid in charge of the senate. you'd thought we're in charge of everything, apparently. we're not. the president needs to show leadership. the house already sent forth proposals, sitting on harry reid's desk, he's done absolutely nothing to bring this to a head. he'll put a bill up with a great title, went be what we want and force you do it, and, by the way, blame the republicans when it doesn't happen, and then they get to it after, obviously, the march 1...
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. >> senator harry reid is moving forward with a plan. these new rules would require a simple majority to change senate rules as opposed to the 67 currently needed. and a filibuster would be broken with just 51 votes. just 51 instead of the current 60. the maneuver set up a war of words between the two top senate leaders. >> no majority leader wants written on his tombstone that he presided over the end of the senate. wel well, if this majority leader caves to the fringes and lets this happen, i'm afraid that's exactly what they'll write. >> these are dark days in the mystery of the senate. i hate that we have come to this point. we've witnessed the majority leader break his word to the united states senate. >> no matter how often my friend rudely talks about me not breaking my word, i'm not going to respond talking about how many times he's broken his word. >> elliott spitzer needed nearly 4,000 signatures to make a run for comptroller. get this, he got 27,000 of those signatures. it's possible his top competition, scott stringer, who's
. >> senator harry reid is moving forward with a plan. these new rules would require a simple majority to change senate rules as opposed to the 67 currently needed. and a filibuster would be broken with just 51 votes. just 51 instead of the current 60. the maneuver set up a war of words between the two top senate leaders. >> no majority leader wants written on his tombstone that he presided over the end of the senate. wel well, if this majority leader caves to the fringes and lets...
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harry ride could bring this -- harry reid could bring this up and could have been working on it from day one, they have done the dog and pony show, with political theater of joint chiefs coming and everyone saying oh, this is terrible, this is terrible, and then they go on vacation, bottom line, they have been elected to do a job, and solve the problems, what do they do? they go on vacation. they should have immediately been brought back. with all of the stuff going on with north africa, and syria and afghanistan, and other hot areas, what are they focused on? who are they going do layoff? how are they going to be laid off? when about contractual obligations, and union obligations, is it payback after in terms of us paying fines. neil: who came up with it? you were there. the president said, it was really a republican creation, and republicans say it was the president's creation. i remember covering it at the time. i was not in the seams of it, as you were, but it was like for both sides a back up backbone. like if we can't agree, maybe these cuts held in reserve will be there to mak
harry ride could bring this -- harry reid could bring this up and could have been working on it from day one, they have done the dog and pony show, with political theater of joint chiefs coming and everyone saying oh, this is terrible, this is terrible, and then they go on vacation, bottom line, they have been elected to do a job, and solve the problems, what do they do? they go on vacation. they should have immediately been brought back. with all of the stuff going on with north africa, and...
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mitch mcconnell and harry reid cut from very similar cloths in the way that you just, you don't pick a fight with them unless you really feel like you want to get into a knife fight. you know it will be that. that they will pick you apart. mitch mcconnell will be somebody who is going to fight for that. fight for that job and he is a tough political operator. and there is no other reason why you get to be someplace like being senate minority leader without having a tough skin. >> thank you. now let me bring in nbc justice correspondent pete williams with more. as i understand it, there has to be a formal request made to the fbi to investigate? you obviously know this better than anyone. what is the procedure here for the fbi or any federal investigators to get involved here? >> well, they've done it. they've called the u.s. attorney in louisville. and a federal official says that the fbi is looking into these allegations. tamron, there are three legal questions here. who made the tape? who disclosed the tape? then the question of legal liability for mother jones magazine. if nobody t
mitch mcconnell and harry reid cut from very similar cloths in the way that you just, you don't pick a fight with them unless you really feel like you want to get into a knife fight. you know it will be that. that they will pick you apart. mitch mcconnell will be somebody who is going to fight for that. fight for that job and he is a tough political operator. and there is no other reason why you get to be someplace like being senate minority leader without having a tough skin. >> thank...
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telling harry reid they were going to do they're not going to honor any kind of promise here they're hopeless idealogue nuts out of control there's no adult supervision of this party right now and you have bob dole telling them look guys you are destroying the party with your craziness with your inane craziness they don't even listen to a guy like bob dole so this point it's nuclear option it's all the way that's what they need to do and we don't want to hear obama saying you know what by golly just cross this line in the sand one more time and then move the line and hey cross it this time that's what we have a president that does constantly and it is killing democracy and harry reid harry need to step down he's a waste of space in that office has to say we have a bad case of lucy in the football syndrome here. we certainly do in the minute we have left what would you suggest our viewers be doing about this i would you know i would think about at the very least calling harry reid's office or calling your senators office and say you know time to blow up the filibuster yeah i think the
telling harry reid they were going to do they're not going to honor any kind of promise here they're hopeless idealogue nuts out of control there's no adult supervision of this party right now and you have bob dole telling them look guys you are destroying the party with your craziness with your inane craziness they don't even listen to a guy like bob dole so this point it's nuclear option it's all the way that's what they need to do and we don't want to hear obama saying you know what by golly...
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and the democrats in the senate, including harry reid have generally tended to do what the president has asked. especially with regard to obama care. for that reason if he asks for it i think they would do it. >> it does seem that there are some democratic senators who are starting to feel a little raw around the edges like senator landrieu of louisiana and senator of new york gillibrand seems unhappy too and shaheen. a cup of them. >> there they are thought alone. feeling pressure from constituents and getting calls from constituents every day saying please, help me, i'm hurting under this law. i have lost my job or losing my health insurance. >> the washington, d.c. insurance commissioner gets fired. we talked about that a second ago. wait until you find out when and why he got fired. we're curious what you think about his firing after you hear the facts. "on the record" investigates that's next. americans take care of business. they always have. they always will. that's why you take charge of your future. your retirement. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help you like they've helped mi
and the democrats in the senate, including harry reid have generally tended to do what the president has asked. especially with regard to obama care. for that reason if he asks for it i think they would do it. >> it does seem that there are some democratic senators who are starting to feel a little raw around the edges like senator landrieu of louisiana and senator of new york gillibrand seems unhappy too and shaheen. a cup of them. >> there they are thought alone. feeling pressure...
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>> this is what harry reid said. we're without a defense secretary. there are a no, ma'am of departments that don't have people confirmed or nominated. department of labor for instance. but at this point, it's rare. as senator reid said we're fighting wars and dealing with issues in syria and north korea and we don't have a secretary of defense. at least not right now. >> thank you, my friend. you can always clarify a lab rinth of procedures. with us, senator john mccain. how do you think this wraps up? >> well, i think it wraps up with us coming back from recess. we're in recess next week. we never miss a recess. and we'll be back following tuesday and i believe we'll vote for hagel and there will be sufficient votes to overcome any requirements there may be. and i think we'll vote his nomination on a party line basis, just about, what rare exception. look, we didn't get the answers to many questions, we just got the answers to major questions that senator graham, senator aye i don't ayotte and i had this morning. even though harry reid has a good me
>> this is what harry reid said. we're without a defense secretary. there are a no, ma'am of departments that don't have people confirmed or nominated. department of labor for instance. but at this point, it's rare. as senator reid said we're fighting wars and dealing with issues in syria and north korea and we don't have a secretary of defense. at least not right now. >> thank you, my friend. you can always clarify a lab rinth of procedures. with us, senator john mccain. how do you...
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harry reid. yeah. this was the day everybody had been wait forget in terms of changing how the senate operates. and if you hear sad trombones, that's why. on election day this year americans voted overwhelmingly to re-elect president obama four more years. that same day people also voted to re-elect senate democrats and to send a large number of them to congress, more than the republicans. more senate democrats than republicans which put harry reid in charge of the senate for another two years. and the very next day after the election harry reid in his first post-election press conference said that he was going to fix the unprecedented problem we have in washington with how republicans have broken the united states senate through abusing the rules. >> it looks like there are going to be a number of -- many more filibusters on motions to proceed. do you think -- do you have any plans to change the filibuster? >> yes, i do. i've said so publicly, and i continue to feel that way. i think that the rules ha
harry reid. yeah. this was the day everybody had been wait forget in terms of changing how the senate operates. and if you hear sad trombones, that's why. on election day this year americans voted overwhelmingly to re-elect president obama four more years. that same day people also voted to re-elect senate democrats and to send a large number of them to congress, more than the republicans. more senate democrats than republicans which put harry reid in charge of the senate for another two years....
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nancy pelosi, harry reid, they have been honest people of public service. the cost of obamacare is now, that was just the early estimate. it had moved up to $1.1 billion. did i say billion? trillion dollars. $1.2 trillion. >> look at this, quite interesting adjustments. $1.1 trillion. than $1.2 trillion. well, the current estimate is $1.3 billion. the pattern will continue. twenty-one new taxes. twenty-one new taxes that will amount to $675 billion. this is getting expensive. among the most controversial, 2.6% tax. another $43,000. house republicans voted last summer to repeal this that they had installed it in th senate. senator orrihatch renew the effort today. he introduced a bipartisan amendment with nine democratic cosponsors to roll back that medical vice attacks. so what about presidentspromised to cut health care insurance premiums? $2500 per family. one study commission that obamacare will increase the cost of a family plan by $7200. do any of you remember the original statement by the president and his team? this is a plus. but it would cut it by
nancy pelosi, harry reid, they have been honest people of public service. the cost of obamacare is now, that was just the early estimate. it had moved up to $1.1 billion. did i say billion? trillion dollars. $1.2 trillion. >> look at this, quite interesting adjustments. $1.1 trillion. than $1.2 trillion. well, the current estimate is $1.3 billion. the pattern will continue. twenty-one new taxes. twenty-one new taxes that will amount to $675 billion. this is getting expensive. among the...
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lou: senator dianne feinsteins not happy with senator harry reid. as you heard her they're insisting she will give up her fight to pass a ban on assault weapons for a second time, despite her dramatic rhetoric today, the senators facts to not quite lineup. kelli, asking americans in late january what approach congress and the president should focus on, well, to prevent further school shootings for example. just 30%, 30 percent responded that they should focus on passing new laws on the sales of guns and ammunition. want to repeat, only 30%. 65 percent said that they should focus of school security measures and the mental health system. by the way, i want to give credit to wayne lapierre of the nra. right now the nra is the only organization or voice that has stood up and said precisely what the solution is, and it is, by the way, in place and author of the public schools in this country. it needs to be in wondered%. senate majority leader harry reid says the assault weapons ban had fewer, as he put it -- this is his language, fewer than 40 votes. fi
lou: senator dianne feinsteins not happy with senator harry reid. as you heard her they're insisting she will give up her fight to pass a ban on assault weapons for a second time, despite her dramatic rhetoric today, the senators facts to not quite lineup. kelli, asking americans in late january what approach congress and the president should focus on, well, to prevent further school shootings for example. just 30%, 30 percent responded that they should focus on passing new laws on the sales of...
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harry reid had heavy nra backing the last few campaigns. is it really that surprising that they pulled it at this stage? >> yeah, to me personally, it really is. i would have thought after what we saw happen in connecticut that it -- that there would have been -- it would not have been as difficult. if you're sitting back and watching this and you look, for example, at the headline that you just showed us earlier with all of the pictures of those children that were literally slaughtered, most numbers of the american public have to be saying this is an absolute travesty. what is so difficult about this? why is it that there is a belief in our country that you need to have these type of weapons at home? quite clearly this person could not have slaughtered all the children if you didn't have an assault weapon. >> the politics are very tough, john. you have red state democrats in louisiana, arkansas, alaska, they don't want to touch an assault weapons ban with a ten foot pole. >> and i think it was a big part of the democratic strategy in '06 w
harry reid had heavy nra backing the last few campaigns. is it really that surprising that they pulled it at this stage? >> yeah, to me personally, it really is. i would have thought after what we saw happen in connecticut that it -- that there would have been -- it would not have been as difficult. if you're sitting back and watching this and you look, for example, at the headline that you just showed us earlier with all of the pictures of those children that were literally slaughtered,...
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reid on this because harry reid was going to give him the 15 minutes. you had a back and forth. i will ask one more and then we'll talk specifics. bob corker today, there seems to be anger at you. correct me if i'm wrong. did every senator and every congressman run on the platform they would re peel and re place obamacare? is there anyone who didn't run on that? >> as far as i know, everybody did. twice we have had vote where is all 45 republicans at the time voted against obamacare either to repeal or defund it. >> all right. so there were a lot of symbolic vote s to do that. this is the one that would do it. >> exactly right. >> i hear there are tactical differences. i asked john cornin yesterday. he said if we get elected in 2014 and control the senate then in january 2015. is that what the goal is -- those that disagree with you here? >> the tactical difference, you put uh your finger on it. the difference between wanting to take a symbolic show vote versus standing up on the continuing resolution. this is the hoet vote that4 matters. it's got to pa
reid on this because harry reid was going to give him the 15 minutes. you had a back and forth. i will ask one more and then we'll talk specifics. bob corker today, there seems to be anger at you. correct me if i'm wrong. did every senator and every congressman run on the platform they would re peel and re place obamacare? is there anyone who didn't run on that? >> as far as i know, everybody did. twice we have had vote where is all 45 republicans at the time voted against obamacare...
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harry reid's getting ready to meet with reporters. history made in washington, d.c. [ male announcer ] when you have sinus pressure and pain, you feel...congested. beat down. crushed. but sudafed gives you maximum strength sinus pressure and pain relief. so you feel free. powerful sinus relief. sudafed. open up. >>> senate majority leader harry reid speaking to reporter disease fending his decision to use the so-called nuclear option to change the rules of the games on obama administration nominees. let's listen in. >> this is not a time for celebration. it's a time for being very serious. for too long washington has been in gridlock, gridlock, gridlock. the american people are sick of this. we're sick of it. is it any wonder how people look at congress? so as i said a little while ago, enough is enough. and, new york i'm not here talking about how clean we are and how dirty they are or vice versa, when it comes to what's gone on in the senate floor, there's a lot of blame to go around. but the obstruction we've seen from republicans
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senator harry reid calling for more tax increases. in an interview on abc yesterday, he said tax revenue must be part of any deal to be part of the little defense cuts. here is senator reid. >> the american people are on our side, and america people don't believe in these things. we believe the rich should contribute. stuart: relieve the rich should contribute, tax the rich. president obama pushing for more tax increases yesterday. in an interview on cbs before the super bowl he said there is no doubt that government needs new relation. he promises strong economic growth this year coming on the heels of an economic contraction in the fourth quarter along with the rise in the unemployment rate. and everybody's taxes already went up as of january 1, taxes may go up some more. from taxes to the market. the dow above 14,000 for the first time since 2007 friday afternoon. let's bring in nicole. it is not like it was going to hold at 14,000, now futures are down, how much are they down? nicole: you can see the down arrows, 69 points pulling
senator harry reid calling for more tax increases. in an interview on abc yesterday, he said tax revenue must be part of any deal to be part of the little defense cuts. here is senator reid. >> the american people are on our side, and america people don't believe in these things. we believe the rich should contribute. stuart: relieve the rich should contribute, tax the rich. president obama pushing for more tax increases yesterday. in an interview on cbs before the super bowl he said...
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we've heard harry reid speak. nancy pelosi and harry reid took a lot of questions. the president of the united states is completely quiet. is he going to say anything or just stay in his lair? >> i don't know with that. we're wondering if it was possible earlier this evening. because the speaker of the house was coming out. and those democratic leaders from congress, harry reid and nancy pelosi, came out. but i can't really surmaze why the president did or did not come out. he did talk to a white house official who said if you look at what happened in that meeting, if you listen to what they said coming out, it is obvious no progress was made. that was plain to see and hear as we were standing outside the west wing. i was there as john boehner walked out for a few moments. and up that harry rood received took questions. john boehner matook no question. we want to continue on the resolution. and he said, and the white house won't do that and democrats won't do that. and he walked off. and then harry reid and most pelosi, it was striking to me. harry reid said we are
we've heard harry reid speak. nancy pelosi and harry reid took a lot of questions. the president of the united states is completely quiet. is he going to say anything or just stay in his lair? >> i don't know with that. we're wondering if it was possible earlier this evening. because the speaker of the house was coming out. and those democratic leaders from congress, harry reid and nancy pelosi, came out. but i can't really surmaze why the president did or did not come out. he did talk to...
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the white house, and harry reid was the bad guy. republicans were divided, now they're scattered and in retre retreat. >> mike, you called it two weeks ago. i'm sorry, you did. i would have liked it to go a different way. mike, you and i will have another late night. don't go too far. we'll get back to mike as soon as there, there are further developments. we do expect to hear from the president once this passes both houses. let's go to the senate. we are expecting the bill to go through the senate furs. we're looking at senator schumer from new york. until then i want to bring in alice fitzgerald. she reports on the markets, economy, and politics. that's where we are right now. those things have come together. most people don't spend a lot of time in all of them, and now everyone in america has got to understand this. >> we're actually where they intersect most clearly. tomorrow, treasurely bills, how our government borrows money. if they sell bonds, if they don't have the authority to borrow that money, to sell those bonds, they d
the white house, and harry reid was the bad guy. republicans were divided, now they're scattered and in retre retreat. >> mike, you called it two weeks ago. i'm sorry, you did. i would have liked it to go a different way. mike, you and i will have another late night. don't go too far. we'll get back to mike as soon as there, there are further developments. we do expect to hear from the president once this passes both houses. let's go to the senate. we are expecting the bill to go through...
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don't you think harry reid will be among those who ssy let's go through the powers we give the irs and how we prevent this in the future? >> in that case wil please takee irs shouldn't do any audits at all? are you saying the irs should not be in the business of collecting taxes? neil: the irs has trouble enough doing the job, you are defined and ordered to do. more. >> i think the irs is one of the most loath agencies. what they did was inexcusable, but i don't think it will impact obamacare. neil: they seem like jolly nice folks to me. when we come back, all the stuff we were worried about, all of those cameras snooping on us, now it is government agencies monitoring us, all of us. the wright brothers became the first in flight. [ goodall ] i think the most amazing thing is how like us these chimpanzees are. [ laughing ] [ woman ] can you hear me? and you hear your voice? oh, it's exciting! [ man ] touchdown confirmed. we're fe on mars. [ cheersnd applause ] ♪ hi. [ baby fussing ] ♪ your chance to rise and shine. with centurynk as your trust technology partner, you can do just th
don't you think harry reid will be among those who ssy let's go through the powers we give the irs and how we prevent this in the future? >> in that case wil please takee irs shouldn't do any audits at all? are you saying the irs should not be in the business of collecting taxes? neil: the irs has trouble enough doing the job, you are defined and ordered to do. more. >> i think the irs is one of the most loath agencies. what they did was inexcusable, but i don't think it will impact...
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this is harry reid. >> they do not know what they want. i hope the republicans decide what they want and we'll be happy to work with them. i repeat for the fourth time i'm here, open the government, let us pay our bills, we'll negotiate with you about anything. >> so, -- go ahead. >> what is hilarious is that the position of the president, and harry reid is this. we win, and after we win, absolutely everything, then you can come over and we'll talk. i mean, really. honestly. that's the position? they just win? they're not going to talk and we aren't going to talk. the deal is done. so the american people, that's an insulting comment to make to the american people. we're serious, like i said we put a lot of offers on the table. now it's time for the president to actually lead and not be a passive participant, and be a part of these talks. i think we're getting somewhere, i really do think this is a positive sign. jew temperature -- thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> to wall street. the dow posting its biggest point gain of the year,
this is harry reid. >> they do not know what they want. i hope the republicans decide what they want and we'll be happy to work with them. i repeat for the fourth time i'm here, open the government, let us pay our bills, we'll negotiate with you about anything. >> so, -- go ahead. >> what is hilarious is that the position of the president, and harry reid is this. we win, and after we win, absolutely everything, then you can come over and we'll talk. i mean, really. honestly....
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let me say from the political standpoint what you see is democrats harry reid there talking about that is a generation accomplishment. you can go to harry truman and come forward, presidents over the years, republicans and democrats all sought a way to offer universal healthcare in the country. president obama accomplished it. 80% ofropes are in opposition to the affordable healthcare act and pretty close high 70-80s% of democrats are in support of it. we had an election and didn't play out as a major issue given mitt romney had a similar plan in massachusetts. when you look at it today you really have to compare, especially given what steve is saying the status quo, which is it's a huge burden on individuals, families and corporate america as it stands now, healthcare costs, versus trying to implement something that is intended to reduce those costs. >> bret: i guess when you hear doctors who are opposed to obama care, or concerned about it. they talk about the $18 million added to medicaid and they talk about it already, doctor shortage and that underpayment for medicare already happ
let me say from the political standpoint what you see is democrats harry reid there talking about that is a generation accomplishment. you can go to harry truman and come forward, presidents over the years, republicans and democrats all sought a way to offer universal healthcare in the country. president obama accomplished it. 80% ofropes are in opposition to the affordable healthcare act and pretty close high 70-80s% of democrats are in support of it. we had an election and didn't play out as...
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but this is a -- this defies a political solution as i think senator harry reid is finding out, in some ways simply because this is a geographical problem. sometimes even inside a state it is a geographical -- if you live in a city you tend to be much more for some gun control -- or further gun control. if you're in a rural area where guns are part of the culture, you're less inclined to do that. so it defies traditional politics in a lot of ways. certainly the white house wants to keep pushing it but there is a general agreement, at least right now, that there will not be -- that there will be some sort of response to newtown in a legislative form out of congress but it will probably not include an assault weapons ban. >> you had an exclusive interview with veterans affair secretary eric shinseki, one of the most critical issues he has to deal with is the backlog of claims at the va. >> the president's been very clear. veterans are a top priority with him and ending the backlog is foremost in his mind. he has made that very clear. no veteran should have to wait for claims as they are t
but this is a -- this defies a political solution as i think senator harry reid is finding out, in some ways simply because this is a geographical problem. sometimes even inside a state it is a geographical -- if you live in a city you tend to be much more for some gun control -- or further gun control. if you're in a rural area where guns are part of the culture, you're less inclined to do that. so it defies traditional politics in a lot of ways. certainly the white house wants to keep pushing...
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gerri: well, pelosi, harry reid. it is amazing to me. the people have had enough of texas, especially when you drolen to obamacare. i need to get you on to a slightly different topic, executive orders. gene sperling defending the president of the use of executive orders. here's what he had to say. >> the president is going to do whatever is best for deliver results. he can do that through executive orders are action, we will do that, but a lot of the big things we need to do as a country can really only happen if we have bipartisan cooperation. gerri: they're coming. what do you think? >> again, we have seen this playbook. if you look back they have stretched the boundaries of what the president can and should do. they overrule the notion of sending a so-called war at notices in advance of the sequestered. suppose to get layoff notices and that did not. you look at obamacare and they have again and again stretch the boundaries of what the law says to deliver benefits on exchanges and the like to really get the epa, look at race to the to
gerri: well, pelosi, harry reid. it is amazing to me. the people have had enough of texas, especially when you drolen to obamacare. i need to get you on to a slightly different topic, executive orders. gene sperling defending the president of the use of executive orders. here's what he had to say. >> the president is going to do whatever is best for deliver results. he can do that through executive orders are action, we will do that, but a lot of the big things we need to do as a country...
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this is harry reid's shut down. he wants to shut it down and refuses to listen to the american people. >> ted cruz is not the entire u.s. government. >> speaker john boehner won't even let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremist miss the party. >> get rid of the tea party direction. work with us. >> the tea party isn't going away. the tea party is hanging in. if anything, the tea party is getting stronger. >> senior adviser to president reagan pat buchanan calling the obama/reid strategy sadistic saying they want maximum pain for maximum gain. pat. >> good to see you, greta. >> is that what you said. >> when you saw what happened at the memorial. we have seen the honor flights coming from the fellows who fought in world war ii. they are going to their memorial. they find metal barriers and crime scene tape keeping them out. for what purpose? >> who do you think made the decision? that was appalling to the world war ii vets. especially if you have never been to washington. viewers
this is harry reid's shut down. he wants to shut it down and refuses to listen to the american people. >> ted cruz is not the entire u.s. government. >> speaker john boehner won't even let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremist miss the party. >> get rid of the tea party direction. work with us. >> the tea party isn't going away. the tea party is hanging in. if anything, the tea party is getting stronger. >> senior adviser to...
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somehow senator majority leader harry reid taken it to a new low level. a shameful display on the floor of the u.s. senate when the top democrat on capitol hill took it upon himself to imply the tragic accident that took the lives of seven marines in nevada on monday happened because of the sequester. if case you missed senator reid's incredibly insensitive, stupid, idiotic state. well, here it is. >> mr. president, late last night seven of our marines were called in hawthorne and many others were injured in that explosion during a training exercise here the ammunition depot. it's important we keep training our military. but one of the things of the sequester is we cut back in training and maintenance that's the way the sequester was written, it's just not appropriate, mr. president that our military can't train and do the maintenance necessary. these men and women, our marines were tra hawthorne and with the sequester, it's going to cut the stuff back. >> sean: all right. almost immediately following reid's ridiculous comments reaction began to pour in,
somehow senator majority leader harry reid taken it to a new low level. a shameful display on the floor of the u.s. senate when the top democrat on capitol hill took it upon himself to imply the tragic accident that took the lives of seven marines in nevada on monday happened because of the sequester. if case you missed senator reid's incredibly insensitive, stupid, idiotic state. well, here it is. >> mr. president, late last night seven of our marines were called in hawthorne and many...
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i commend harry reid for doing that because for weeks harry reid and president obama had been threatening the men and women of the military, using their paychecks to hold them hostage, and i'm glad we passed that, but that also points a way forward. i think and i encourage the house tonight, i think the house should pass multiple continuing resolutions focusing on all of the things president obama listed in his speech to the american people this afternoon and funding them, so one continuing resolution funding the v.a. in its entirety, another one funding our national parks and another one funding our border patrol agents so that we don't have critical services denied the american people. not full-fledged appropriations where they are making policy decisions, just focused continuing resolutions that say let's maintain the status quo and not cut off the funds, and harry reid ought to be able to cooperate bipartisan to get that. >> i've got to jump. senator ted cruz, thank you, sir. appreciate it as always. >> thanks. >> many thanks to cnbc's melissa lee and tyler matheson. we'll keep you in
i commend harry reid for doing that because for weeks harry reid and president obama had been threatening the men and women of the military, using their paychecks to hold them hostage, and i'm glad we passed that, but that also points a way forward. i think and i encourage the house tonight, i think the house should pass multiple continuing resolutions focusing on all of the things president obama listed in his speech to the american people this afternoon and funding them, so one continuing...
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big picture politics panel what they think about harry reid's pending gun bill in just a moment. it's technology innovations all the developments around russia we. covered. stream quality. favorite. if you're away from. mobile devices you can watch or see any time anyway. welcome back it's time to turn things over to our politics panel on our panel tonight neil mccabe conservative columnist editor of the guns and patriots column stewart veteran union organizer and author of the book plain bigger than you are a life in organizing and chris allman conservative commentator and activist thank you all for joining us to do with going to have you with us harry reid announced today that he's going to force a vote on this gun control i'm reluctant even call this gun control you know it's more like background check stuff on thursday fourteen republicans including mitch mcconnell came out and said no we're going to filibuster this thing now john mccain lindsey graham are coming out gone. we know over ninety percent of americans in general like this over eighty percent of republicans like th
big picture politics panel what they think about harry reid's pending gun bill in just a moment. it's technology innovations all the developments around russia we. covered. stream quality. favorite. if you're away from. mobile devices you can watch or see any time anyway. welcome back it's time to turn things over to our politics panel on our panel tonight neil mccabe conservative columnist editor of the guns and patriots column stewart veteran union organizer and author of the book plain...
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senate majority leader harry reid worked out a deal with republicans that will allow bills to be brought up your quickly. and not require senators to stay on the floor talking as some senators wants. >>> manti te'o speaks in his first on-camera interview since the girlfriend hoax story broke. thursday, te'o told katie couric he was not in on the prank. and he admitted to stick stog the story after the fact. te'o as showed couric a twitter message where the man who allegedly perpetrated that hoax apologized to him. and he addressed questions about his sexuality. >> one of the theory, many theories, manti, making the rounds is somehow you created this whole scenario to cover up your sexual orientation. are you gay? >> no. far from it. far from it. >> all right then. we'll be looking at stories develops later this morning. vice president biden and cabinet settings and members of congress traveled to virginia for a roundtable discussion on reducing gun violence. >>> and there's a new strain of a nasty stomach bug being called the ferrari of viruses. health officials say it's sweeping the glo
senate majority leader harry reid worked out a deal with republicans that will allow bills to be brought up your quickly. and not require senators to stay on the floor talking as some senators wants. >>> manti te'o speaks in his first on-camera interview since the girlfriend hoax story broke. thursday, te'o told katie couric he was not in on the prank. and he admitted to stick stog the story after the fact. te'o as showed couric a twitter message where the man who allegedly perpetrated...
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i understand you were critical of harry reid today. here's senate majority leader harry reid. i want you to respond to this. >> i have said to senator leahy, i want a bill to come out of the judicial committee. if dianne feinstein by the time it's through the judiciary committee, if she doesn't have her assault weapons, at least let her have an opportunity to offer this amendment. >> will you vote for it? >> oh, i don't know. frankly, and she knows, i haven't read her amendment. i didn't vote for the assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense. but i'll take a look at it. >> mayor, is senator reid doing enough to move this legislation? >> i believe he should read the amendment and listen to a former mayor, dianne feinstein, who stuck her finger in a bullet hole at a scene of a crime. that's what we see as mayors. in washington assault ban weapon, it's a political issue. here is how it sounds to me. my daughter will be teaching school next year. if somebody is in the horrible situation of shooting in that classroom, and they're forced to reload the gun, that may be m
i understand you were critical of harry reid today. here's senate majority leader harry reid. i want you to respond to this. >> i have said to senator leahy, i want a bill to come out of the judicial committee. if dianne feinstein by the time it's through the judiciary committee, if she doesn't have her assault weapons, at least let her have an opportunity to offer this amendment. >> will you vote for it? >> oh, i don't know. frankly, and she knows, i haven't read her...
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he even said this is now for harry reid and mitch mcconnell to decide and they couldn't either the when they actually did vote on new year's eve it undermined what has been the governing rule of the republicans for the past decade, which is nothing should pass without a majority vote and they didn't have a majority vote, and then immediately turned around to re-elect him speaker. it was never really in doubt. but i think having 12 votes, essentially 12 votes on the floor against -- against his speakership being re-elected with only 220 votes does not send a message of strength going into these next rounds. gwen: and mike, when all is said and done -- nice pen drop there! -- when all is said and didn't you president was still able to wrangle his basics. he wanted to be able to raise taxes on the wealthy, however you define wealthy, and he got that. >> certainly the white house and other democrats look at this and say this is a water shed moment. we got the democrats to break the cardinal, visceral value they have, raising taxes. the only problem is on new year's day taxes were already hi
he even said this is now for harry reid and mitch mcconnell to decide and they couldn't either the when they actually did vote on new year's eve it undermined what has been the governing rule of the republicans for the past decade, which is nothing should pass without a majority vote and they didn't have a majority vote, and then immediately turned around to re-elect him speaker. it was never really in doubt. but i think having 12 votes, essentially 12 votes on the floor against -- against his...
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harry reid ended up having to vote no. that way, by voting know he has the right to bring this back up for another vote when they come back from president's day weekend, which he will, and hopefully by that time, some republicans, one more republican, will have come to his or her senses. at any rate, it was the 55 democrats, 55 democrats and independents and four republicans came up to 59. harry reid voting no. that made it 58. so chuck hagle was not confirmed. and leon panetta is out. so we have no secretary of defense for the next 10 days and in the middle of at war. harry reid pointed out yesterday, this was his first. >> first time in the history of our country, if secretary of defense had been filibustered successfully >> bill: there is no doubt who is to blame. mitch mcconnell didn't do anything to stop it. >> to. >> just when you thought things couldn't get worse, it gets worse. >> bill: shocking, said the majority leader. >> shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a fully empowered sec
harry reid ended up having to vote no. that way, by voting know he has the right to bring this back up for another vote when they come back from president's day weekend, which he will, and hopefully by that time, some republicans, one more republican, will have come to his or her senses. at any rate, it was the 55 democrats, 55 democrats and independents and four republicans came up to 59. harry reid voting no. that made it 58. so chuck hagle was not confirmed. and leon panetta is out. so we...
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. >> bill: senator harry reid blaming budget cuts for the death of seven marines in nevada. but the marine corps is furious about that. >> marine corps officials this afternoon are taking a strong exception to what harry reid implied. >> bill: we'll have the inside story. >> you have got to ease up. take it easy. >> bill: dennis miller takes a look at the barack obama satan controversy as stephan seagull meeting putin in moscow. >> i want to take you to the bank, to the blood bank. >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. america today and the iraq war. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. it was 10 years ago that president bush launched an attack on iraq. >> operation iraqi freedom has begun and the pentagon says saddam hussein's days are numbered. i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report on fox news channel and tonight on fox stations from coast to coast. bombs and crews mistles rained down on baghdad for a second night in a row. and saddam's main
. >> bill: senator harry reid blaming budget cuts for the death of seven marines in nevada. but the marine corps is furious about that. >> marine corps officials this afternoon are taking a strong exception to what harry reid implied. >> bill: we'll have the inside story. >> you have got to ease up. take it easy. >> bill: dennis miller takes a look at the barack obama satan controversy as stephan seagull meeting putin in moscow. >> i want to take you to the...
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and harry reid the day after the election said he was going to change that. and that wasn't a new promise from him. he didn't pull that out of thin air. he's been telegraphing for months that should democrats retain control of the senate they were going to fix the rules. they were going to do away with this whole 60 votes for everything nonsense. >> it can be done if obama's re-elected and i still have the majority, we can do it with a simple majority at the beginning of the congress. >> think the president would go along with that? >> damn, betcha. >> would you make that commitment if barack obama and the democrats keep the senate, if barack obama gets re-elected and you keep the senate? >> i don't know how many people watch c-span on every given day but i've said so before everybody there. that's what i would do. >> turns out a lot of people watch c-span and if anybody was watching c-span tonight about an hour ago you would have seen harry reid there not at all fixing the problem that he has been saying for months now, for years now that he was going to fix
and harry reid the day after the election said he was going to change that. and that wasn't a new promise from him. he didn't pull that out of thin air. he's been telegraphing for months that should democrats retain control of the senate they were going to fix the rules. they were going to do away with this whole 60 votes for everything nonsense. >> it can be done if obama's re-elected and i still have the majority, we can do it with a simple majority at the beginning of the congress....
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not just in harry reid's office but also physically harry reid's office is facing the west front of the capitol which if you see those pictures facing the quarter where this driver went into those barricades, where your right now, jake. so this is a system that was put 2 in place after 9/11. it's not used very much for the real thing. but to hear "shelter in place" and suddenly hear that shots were fired and not know, actually fit was in the capitol, at least at the beginning of course was very frightening. you mentioned the fact that these capitol police officers who rushed to the scene were not only heroic but they were heroic in the circumstances, and those circumstances are because of a government shutdown they're not getting paid. >> that's right, dana. when it was white house correspondent it happened periodically there would be a lockdown maybe once or twice a year some jerk would throw something over the fence or throw a firecracker. usually it was something that didn't turn out to be that big a deal. but they were very intense about security. you were referring to how often thi
not just in harry reid's office but also physically harry reid's office is facing the west front of the capitol which if you see those pictures facing the quarter where this driver went into those barricades, where your right now, jake. so this is a system that was put 2 in place after 9/11. it's not used very much for the real thing. but to hear "shelter in place" and suddenly hear that shots were fired and not know, actually fit was in the capitol, at least at the beginning of...
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take a listen to speaker boehner yourself. >> by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. listen, there has never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt element, never, not once. matter of fact, president obama negotiated with me over the debt limit in 2011. he also negotiated with the blue dog democrats to raise the debt ceiling in 2010. so the way to resolve this is to sit down and have a conversation to resolve our differences. >> reporter: so the speaker saying the problem is not with him or his caucus, although in the past he has taken a much firmer stance. and bottom line is the white house isn't going to sit down to talk if the affordable care act being involved. >> how are americans reacting to the first full week of the shutdown. >> reporter: here in washington it is being felt. and i just ran into some people who were so frustrated because they didn't realize so many parts of washington would be shut down for a trip they have been waiting months to take. and we're hearing response f
take a listen to speaker boehner yourself. >> by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. listen, there has never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt element, never, not once. matter of fact, president obama negotiated with me over the debt limit in 2011. he also negotiated with the blue dog democrats to raise the debt ceiling in 2010. so the way to resolve this is to sit down and have a...